To build on the outcomes of the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, along with Food Systems for the Future, the Harvard Law School Food Law & Policy Clinic is co-hosting a virtual panel on Wednesday, November 16 from 2:00 -3:00pm CST where we'll discuss how we address our greatest food and […]
The HLS Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) invites you to attend A Conversation with Former FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, Frank Yiannas. Frank, who retired from the FDA in February 2023, will share his insight on the nation’s infant formula crisis and other operational challenges facing the food division of FDA, […]
Please join us for a dynamic exploration of the tangled web of food information, and how the proliferation of fake news and misinformation impact consumer choice. Our interdisciplinary conversation spans the US and EU, dissecting legal aspects, public health, psychology, consumer choices, and innovative strategies to combat misinformation. Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Time: 12:15 […]
The Food Law and Policy Clinic recently published More Than CAFOs and Corn, a comprehensive statistical analysis of Midwestern agriculture. The 167-page report includes new data on BIPOC farmers, farmworkers, and environmental outcomes, among other pressing issues, in the six-state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Join the two authors, Nathan Rosenberg and […]
Have you ordered food online lately? Join our conversation with a panel of international experts on the evolving food e-commerce landscape and how governments are (or are not) choosing to regulate it. Experts include: Dr. Pinghui Xiao, HLS Food Law and Policy Clinic Visiting Scholar and Senior Lecturer at Guangzhou University. MJ Plana Casado, PhD. […]
In 2019, the Lahore High Court in Pakistan declared that the government's inaction in implementing laws and policies to mitigate food loss and waste violated the Constitutional right to food. Join us as we hear from a petitioner in the case, Hafsa Ahmad (LLM '24), the barrister who argued the case, Muhammad Ahmad Pansota, and […]
Food loss and waste (FLW) and food insecurity are parallel issues emerging as some of the greatest food system challenges faced today and, as such, are increasingly policy priorities for governments around the world. While an estimated one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, more than 820 million people are undernourished […]
Food loss and waste and food insecurity are parallel issues emerging as some of the greatest food system challenges today. While an estimated one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, more than 735 million people around the world are hungry and 11 percent are severely food insecure. Scaling food donation, which […]
Food loss and waste and food insecurity are parallel issues emerging as some of the greatest food system challenges today. While an estimated one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, more than 735 million people around the world are hungry and 11 percent are severely food insecure. Scaling food donation, which […]
The Food Law Society at Harvard Law School hosts its kick off event, Cambridge Restaurant Sampler, on Monday, September 23, at 12:15- 1:30 p.m. at WCC 5052. Get to know some of Cambridge’s greatest restaurants and meet other students interested in changing the food system! For more information contact Kristen McEnroe: kmcenroe@law.harvard.edu The event is […]
